Setting the Out of Office Reply at the Command Line

If you’ve ever had to set someone’s (like a VP’s) Out of Office message because they left town before doing so, and of course don’t have access to Outlook Web Access, it can be quite a disruption to your work. Recently I was surfing Jim McBee‘s blog and found this gem, which he in turn [...]

Exchange Server Address List Service Failed

While creating a new user mailbox on an Exchange 2007 server a few moons ago, I received an error stating: “Exchange server address list service failed to respond“, obviously stopping my creation task in its tracks. This function is apparently one of the many that fall under the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant Service, once this [...]

User Profile Service service failed

While attempting to log onto an Windows Server 2008 R2 system with Exchange 2010 for the first time, I received the following error: “User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.” After much searching, we found that during a reinstall some bits were left in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Exchange Server Once the files therein [...]

List of Exchange Scripts

I started following Pat Richard‘s blog a few months ago and have since found his scripts to be quite useful. Even if I’m not using them directly, they’ve been useful as a reference when writing my own. He recently created a list of scripts available on his site; stop by and take a look. Share this:

Exchange Keyword Search

So you want to look for a specific word in all the mailboxes on your server without buying a 3rd party application? Try the Exchange Management Shell. You need three things on your client system before running the command (this is not recommended to be run on the Exchange server itself) Outlook 2003+ Exchange Management Tools [...]

Microsoft Learning Snacks

You may have guessed it already, but they’re bite-sized videos for learning quite a few of Microsoft’s products. Click here for a full list of what’s available, all that is required is Silverlight for viewing. I’m currently watching the eleven videos for Windows 7, part of my studies for an upcoming certification exam, and they’ve [...]

Exchange 2003 RPC over HTTPS – Easy

If you remember way back in September of 2003, (I don’t, had to look up the date), a new version of Exchange Server was released with a new and really cool feature, RPC over HTTPS. This allowed for use of Outlook outside the company’s network without the need for VPN. What a huge boon for [...]

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